diff --git a/library/std/src/fs.rs b/library/std/src/fs.rs
index 801baf3d990..a1d4354d4fd 100644
--- a/library/std/src/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/fs.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 mod tests;
 
 use crate::ffi::OsString;
-use crate::fmt;
 use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
 use crate::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use crate::sealed::Sealed;
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ use crate::sync::Arc;
 use crate::sys::fs as fs_imp;
 use crate::sys_common::{AsInner, AsInnerMut, FromInner, IntoInner};
 use crate::time::SystemTime;
+use crate::{error, fmt};
 
 /// An object providing access to an open file on the filesystem.
 ///
@@ -116,6 +116,22 @@ pub struct File {
     inner: fs_imp::File,
 }
 
+/// An enumeration of possible errors which can occur while trying to acquire a lock
+/// from the [`try_lock`] method and [`try_lock_shared`] method on a [`File`].
+///
+/// [`try_lock`]: File::try_lock
+/// [`try_lock_shared`]: File::try_lock_shared
+#[unstable(feature = "file_lock", issue = "130994")]
+pub enum TryLockError {
+    /// The lock could not be acquired due to an I/O error on the file. The standard library will
+    /// not return an [`ErrorKind::WouldBlock`] error inside [`TryLockError::Error`]
+    ///
+    /// [`ErrorKind::WouldBlock`]: io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock
+    Error(io::Error),
+    /// The lock could not be acquired at this time because it is held by another handle/process.
+    WouldBlock,
+}
+
 /// Metadata information about a file.
 ///
 /// This structure is returned from the [`metadata`] or
@@ -352,6 +368,30 @@ pub fn write<P: AsRef<Path>, C: AsRef<[u8]>>(path: P, contents: C) -> io::Result
     inner(path.as_ref(), contents.as_ref())
 }
 
+#[unstable(feature = "file_lock", issue = "130994")]
+impl error::Error for TryLockError {}
+
+#[unstable(feature = "file_lock", issue = "130994")]
+impl fmt::Debug for TryLockError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            TryLockError::Error(err) => err.fmt(f),
+            TryLockError::WouldBlock => "WouldBlock".fmt(f),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[unstable(feature = "file_lock", issue = "130994")]
+impl fmt::Display for TryLockError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            TryLockError::Error(_) => "lock acquisition failed due to I/O error",
+            TryLockError::WouldBlock => "lock acquisition failed because the operation would block",
+        }
+        .fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
 impl File {
     /// Attempts to open a file in read-only mode.
     ///
@@ -734,8 +774,8 @@ impl File {
 
     /// Try to acquire an exclusive lock on the file.
     ///
-    /// Returns `Ok(false)` if a different lock is already held on this file (via another
-    /// handle/descriptor).
+    /// Returns `Err(TryLockError::WouldBlock)` if a different lock is already held on this file
+    /// (via another handle/descriptor).
     ///
     /// This acquires an exclusive lock; no other file handle to this file may acquire another lock.
     ///
@@ -777,23 +817,27 @@ impl File {
     ///
     /// ```no_run
     /// #![feature(file_lock)]
-    /// use std::fs::File;
+    /// use std::fs::{File, TryLockError};
     ///
     /// fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     ///     let f = File::create("foo.txt")?;
-    ///     f.try_lock()?;
+    ///     match f.try_lock() {
+    ///         Ok(_) => (),
+    ///         Err(TryLockError::WouldBlock) => (), // Lock not acquired
+    ///         Err(TryLockError::Error(err)) => return Err(err),
+    ///     }
     ///     Ok(())
     /// }
     /// ```
     #[unstable(feature = "file_lock", issue = "130994")]
-    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         self.inner.try_lock()
     }
 
     /// Try to acquire a shared (non-exclusive) lock on the file.
     ///
-    /// Returns `Ok(false)` if an exclusive lock is already held on this file (via another
-    /// handle/descriptor).
+    /// Returns `Err(TryLockError::WouldBlock)` if a different lock is already held on this file
+    /// (via another handle/descriptor).
     ///
     /// This acquires a shared lock; more than one file handle may hold a shared lock, but none may
     /// hold an exclusive lock at the same time.
@@ -834,16 +878,21 @@ impl File {
     ///
     /// ```no_run
     /// #![feature(file_lock)]
-    /// use std::fs::File;
+    /// use std::fs::{File, TryLockError};
     ///
     /// fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     ///     let f = File::open("foo.txt")?;
-    ///     f.try_lock_shared()?;
+    ///     match f.try_lock_shared() {
+    ///         Ok(_) => (),
+    ///         Err(TryLockError::WouldBlock) => (), // Lock not acquired
+    ///         Err(TryLockError::Error(err)) => return Err(err),
+    ///     }
+    ///
     ///     Ok(())
     /// }
     /// ```
     #[unstable(feature = "file_lock", issue = "130994")]
-    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         self.inner.try_lock_shared()
     }
 
diff --git a/library/std/src/fs/tests.rs b/library/std/src/fs/tests.rs
index 4712e58980c..9c7986bcc69 100644
--- a/library/std/src/fs/tests.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/fs/tests.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use rand::RngCore;
 
 use crate::char::MAX_LEN_UTF8;
-use crate::fs::{self, File, FileTimes, OpenOptions};
+use crate::fs::{self, File, FileTimes, OpenOptions, TryLockError};
 use crate::io::prelude::*;
 use crate::io::{BorrowedBuf, ErrorKind, SeekFrom};
 use crate::mem::MaybeUninit;
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ macro_rules! check {
     };
 }
 
+macro_rules! check_would_block {
+    ($e:expr) => {
+        match $e {
+            Ok(_) => panic!("{} acquired lock when it should have failed", stringify!($e)),
+            Err(TryLockError::WouldBlock) => (),
+            Err(e) => panic!("{} failed with: {e}", stringify!($e)),
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 #[cfg(windows)]
 macro_rules! error {
     ($e:expr, $s:expr) => {
@@ -223,8 +233,8 @@ fn file_lock_multiple_shared() {
     check!(f2.lock_shared());
     check!(f1.unlock());
     check!(f2.unlock());
-    assert!(check!(f1.try_lock_shared()));
-    assert!(check!(f2.try_lock_shared()));
+    check!(f1.try_lock_shared());
+    check!(f2.try_lock_shared());
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -243,12 +253,12 @@ fn file_lock_blocking() {
 
     // Check that shared locks block exclusive locks
     check!(f1.lock_shared());
-    assert!(!check!(f2.try_lock()));
+    check_would_block!(f2.try_lock());
     check!(f1.unlock());
 
     // Check that exclusive locks block shared locks
     check!(f1.lock());
-    assert!(!check!(f2.try_lock_shared()));
+    check_would_block!(f2.try_lock_shared());
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -267,9 +277,9 @@ fn file_lock_drop() {
 
     // Check that locks are released when the File is dropped
     check!(f1.lock_shared());
-    assert!(!check!(f2.try_lock()));
+    check_would_block!(f2.try_lock());
     drop(f1);
-    assert!(check!(f2.try_lock()));
+    check!(f2.try_lock());
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -288,10 +298,10 @@ fn file_lock_dup() {
 
     // Check that locks are not dropped if the File has been cloned
     check!(f1.lock_shared());
-    assert!(!check!(f2.try_lock()));
+    check_would_block!(f2.try_lock());
     let cloned = check!(f1.try_clone());
     drop(f1);
-    assert!(!check!(f2.try_lock()));
+    check_would_block!(f2.try_lock());
     drop(cloned)
 }
 
@@ -307,9 +317,9 @@ fn file_lock_double_unlock() {
     // Check that both are released by unlock()
     check!(f1.lock());
     check!(f1.lock_shared());
-    assert!(!check!(f2.try_lock()));
+    check_would_block!(f2.try_lock());
     check!(f1.unlock());
-    assert!(check!(f2.try_lock()));
+    check!(f2.try_lock());
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/hermit.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/hermit.rs
index 99690abe8ed..a9774bef9e3 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/hermit.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/hermit.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::ffi::{CStr, OsStr, OsString, c_char};
+use crate::fs::TryLockError;
 use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, Error, ErrorKind, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, SeekFrom};
 use crate::os::hermit::ffi::OsStringExt;
 use crate::os::hermit::hermit_abi::{
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::sys::common::small_c_string::run_path_with_cstr;
 use crate::sys::fd::FileDesc;
 pub use crate::sys::fs::common::{copy, exists};
 use crate::sys::time::SystemTime;
-use crate::sys::{cvt, unsupported};
+use crate::sys::{cvt, unsupported, unsupported_err};
 use crate::sys_common::{AsInner, AsInnerMut, FromInner, IntoInner};
 use crate::{fmt, mem};
 
@@ -366,12 +367,12 @@ impl File {
         unsupported()
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
-        unsupported()
+    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
+        Err(TryLockError::Error(unsupported_err()))
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
-        unsupported()
+    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
+        Err(TryLockError::Error(unsupported_err()))
     }
 
     pub fn unlock(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/solid.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/solid.rs
index 39de933b724..3bfb39bac95 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/solid.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/solid.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use crate::ffi::{CStr, CString, OsStr, OsString};
 use crate::fmt;
+use crate::fs::TryLockError;
 use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, SeekFrom};
 use crate::mem::MaybeUninit;
 use crate::os::raw::{c_int, c_short};
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::sync::Arc;
 pub use crate::sys::fs::common::exists;
 use crate::sys::pal::{abi, error};
 use crate::sys::time::SystemTime;
-use crate::sys::unsupported;
+use crate::sys::{unsupported, unsupported_err};
 use crate::sys_common::ignore_notfound;
 
 type CIntNotMinusOne = core::num::niche_types::NotAllOnes<c_int>;
@@ -352,12 +353,12 @@ impl File {
         unsupported()
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
-        unsupported()
+    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
+        Err(TryLockError::Error(unsupported_err()))
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
-        unsupported()
+    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
+        Err(TryLockError::Error(unsupported_err()))
     }
 
     pub fn unlock(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/uefi.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/uefi.rs
index d6ae86bd3d2..416c90b98b6 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/uefi.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/uefi.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use r_efi::protocols::file;
 
 use crate::ffi::OsString;
 use crate::fmt;
+use crate::fs::TryLockError;
 use crate::hash::Hash;
 use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, SeekFrom};
 use crate::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -227,11 +228,11 @@ impl File {
         self.0
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         self.0
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         self.0
     }
 
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/unix.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/unix.rs
index 87865be0387..9f27542849f 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/unix.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/unix.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ use libc::{dirent64, fstat64, ftruncate64, lseek64, lstat64, off64_t, open64, st
 
 use crate::ffi::{CStr, OsStr, OsString};
 use crate::fmt::{self, Write as _};
+use crate::fs::TryLockError;
 use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, Error, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, SeekFrom};
 use crate::os::unix::io::{AsFd, AsRawFd, BorrowedFd, FromRawFd, IntoRawFd};
 use crate::os::unix::prelude::*;
@@ -1307,15 +1308,17 @@ impl File {
         target_os = "netbsd",
         target_vendor = "apple",
     ))]
-    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         let result = cvt(unsafe { libc::flock(self.as_raw_fd(), libc::LOCK_EX | libc::LOCK_NB) });
-        if let Err(ref err) = result {
+        if let Err(err) = result {
             if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock {
-                return Ok(false);
+                Err(TryLockError::WouldBlock)
+            } else {
+                Err(TryLockError::Error(err))
             }
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
         }
-        result?;
-        return Ok(true);
     }
 
     #[cfg(not(any(
@@ -1325,8 +1328,11 @@ impl File {
         target_os = "netbsd",
         target_vendor = "apple",
     )))]
-    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
-        Err(io::const_error!(io::ErrorKind::Unsupported, "try_lock() not supported"))
+    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
+        Err(TryLockError::Error(io::const_error!(
+            io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
+            "try_lock() not supported"
+        )))
     }
 
     #[cfg(any(
@@ -1336,15 +1342,17 @@ impl File {
         target_os = "netbsd",
         target_vendor = "apple",
     ))]
-    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         let result = cvt(unsafe { libc::flock(self.as_raw_fd(), libc::LOCK_SH | libc::LOCK_NB) });
-        if let Err(ref err) = result {
+        if let Err(err) = result {
             if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock {
-                return Ok(false);
+                Err(TryLockError::WouldBlock)
+            } else {
+                Err(TryLockError::Error(err))
             }
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
         }
-        result?;
-        return Ok(true);
     }
 
     #[cfg(not(any(
@@ -1354,8 +1362,11 @@ impl File {
         target_os = "netbsd",
         target_vendor = "apple",
     )))]
-    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
-        Err(io::const_error!(io::ErrorKind::Unsupported, "try_lock_shared() not supported"))
+    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
+        Err(TryLockError::Error(io::const_error!(
+            io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
+            "try_lock_shared() not supported"
+        )))
     }
 
     #[cfg(any(
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/unsupported.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/unsupported.rs
index 45e93deffa3..0ff9533c047 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/unsupported.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/unsupported.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::ffi::OsString;
 use crate::fmt;
+use crate::fs::TryLockError;
 use crate::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, SeekFrom};
 use crate::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -206,11 +207,11 @@ impl File {
         self.0
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         self.0
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         self.0
     }
 
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/wasi.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/wasi.rs
index 773040571bc..ebfc7377a2e 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/wasi.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/wasi.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::ffi::{CStr, OsStr, OsString};
+use crate::fs::TryLockError;
 use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, SeekFrom};
 use crate::mem::{self, ManuallyDrop};
 use crate::os::raw::c_int;
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::sys::common::small_c_string::run_path_with_cstr;
 use crate::sys::fd::WasiFd;
 pub use crate::sys::fs::common::exists;
 use crate::sys::time::SystemTime;
-use crate::sys::unsupported;
+use crate::sys::{unsupported, unsupported_err};
 use crate::sys_common::{AsInner, FromInner, IntoInner, ignore_notfound};
 use crate::{fmt, iter, ptr};
 
@@ -461,12 +462,12 @@ impl File {
         unsupported()
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
-        unsupported()
+    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
+        Err(TryLockError::Error(unsupported_err()))
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
-        unsupported()
+    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
+        Err(TryLockError::Error(unsupported_err()))
     }
 
     pub fn unlock(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/windows.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/windows.rs
index 15727c99683..6e54153325f 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/windows.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/windows.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use crate::alloc::{Layout, alloc, dealloc};
 use crate::borrow::Cow;
 use crate::ffi::{OsStr, OsString, c_void};
+use crate::fs::TryLockError;
 use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, Error, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, SeekFrom};
 use crate::mem::{self, MaybeUninit, offset_of};
 use crate::os::windows::io::{AsHandle, BorrowedHandle};
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ impl File {
         self.acquire_lock(0)
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         let result = cvt(unsafe {
             let mut overlapped = mem::zeroed();
             c::LockFileEx(
@@ -411,18 +412,18 @@ impl File {
         });
 
         match result {
-            Ok(_) => Ok(true),
+            Ok(_) => Ok(()),
             Err(err)
                 if err.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_IO_PENDING as i32)
                     || err.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION as i32) =>
             {
-                Ok(false)
+                Err(TryLockError::WouldBlock)
             }
-            Err(err) => Err(err),
+            Err(err) => Err(TryLockError::Error(err)),
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+    pub fn try_lock_shared(&self) -> Result<(), TryLockError> {
         let result = cvt(unsafe {
             let mut overlapped = mem::zeroed();
             c::LockFileEx(
@@ -436,14 +437,14 @@ impl File {
         });
 
         match result {
-            Ok(_) => Ok(true),
+            Ok(_) => Ok(()),
             Err(err)
                 if err.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_IO_PENDING as i32)
                     || err.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_LOCK_VIOLATION as i32) =>
             {
-                Ok(false)
+                Err(TryLockError::WouldBlock)
             }
-            Err(err) => Err(err),
+            Err(err) => Err(TryLockError::Error(err)),
         }
     }